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Diseases caused by bacteria are responsible for many deaths in the world since many centuries. Here you find the list of diseases in a tabular form and also details of some important ones. Unlike the diseases caused by other microorganisms like fungi and protozoa these bacterial infections are deadly. If left untreated most of them […]

Carbohydrates are the major sources of energy to the body. Most of the foods or diets we consume contain carbohydrates to certain extent. The carbohydrates existing in food vary. The examples of Carbohydrates are like glucose, sucrose, polysachharides like starch etc. But their presence in our body depends on the food we eat. Glucose, sucrose, […]

Every living cell has centrally placed circular and dusky structure called “nucleus“. The nucleus function is key to a cell’s normal survival. The cells with a well formed nucleus are called as eukaryotic cells. The cells lacking this nucleus are called prokaryotic cells like bacteria. It is also absent in red blood cells (RBC‘s)and hence are called as corpuscles. Nucleus appears as […]

Water is an essential requirement in our life. After air, the importance of water takes the second place as an essential requirement for survival. Water comprises an approximate of 70 to 80% of total body mass. There is no cell or tissue in the body where you don’t find water. It is tough to survive even […]

Mitochondria is one of the vital cell organelles present inside the cell. Eukaryotic cell has at least one or more number of mitochondria depending on the requirement. But, those cells with high physiological activity posses a higher number of mitochondria. For example muscle cells and nerve cells have large number of them per cell. Similarly, those organs with low physiological activity have […]

The main functions of cell membrane are cell Protection Transport and Communication Cell membrane definition can be read as “the outermost membranous covering of the cell which is made of lipid bilayer with selective permeability.” cell membrane is the outer most part of the cell present in all the living beings. Since t is a […]

Mitochondria definition: Mitochondria are sac like cell organelles present in the cytoplasm of a cell and they are engaged in energy production. They do so by breakdown of carbohydrates in the presence of oxygen. In short they are termed as power houses of the cell. Also they are called as energy currencies of the cell. They are […]

The term ELISA in full form is an Enzyme linked immuno-sorbitent assay. Besides Western Blotting, elisa is one of the distinguished and widely used types of immunoassays. It is extensively used techniques in microbiology due to the advantages like rapidity or speed in experimentation, unlike radioimmunoassay. Further, it has greater sensitivity and specificity for the smaller amount of test […]

Elisa Protocol is sequential and has an orderly procedure to be followed out in carrying the test. Elisa test is an immunoassay which relies on the interaction between specific antibody and antigen. For detailed principle check “ELISA TEST PRINCIPLE“. For this, factors like time of reaction, interfering substances, temperature, pH, buffer composition, treatment, washing’s play an important […]

Carbohydrates have prominent physiological importance in the body. Without them, there exists no physiology in the body and also life on the earth. After water and protein, they comprise the most abundant matter in the body and are significant nutrients of the body. The carbohydrate chemistry is comprised of 3 elements viz. carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. So […]